tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91459657984149252332017-09-26T03:10:12.053-07:00No One Knows How to Spell My Name (Except those that do)Hoopla from a girl who aspires to be an author but is easily distracted by other things and hates coming up with titles.Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-13019581570019559102017-09-02T18:57:00.002-07:002017-09-02T18:57:45.574-07:00Lack of Inspiration vs. A Serious ProblemTo put it simply, the past few weeks have been difficult. My depression progressively worsened, I had a bit of a breakdown, hit a low point, got rescued from said breakdown by an officer, and because of said breakdown I was put on a 72-hour hold for the second time in my life, which was then extended for a few more days before the psychiatrist deemed me stable enough to leave just a few days ago.Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-55523228332952628692017-08-16T19:16:00.001-07:002017-08-17T11:24:29.430-07:00Sabotage by Topiary - Experimental Scene Thing (Work in Progress)For some context, this is just me fooling around with a backstory that didn't make it into the cut of The Blighted Earth, and a character I was hoping to introduce a lot later in the plot. This is very much a work in progress, but I've decided to post it just to get something outside of the draft pile. One day, maybe I'll finish this short-event-in-the-backstory-post. Regardless of whether or notJodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-49186460437546101812017-08-14T00:22:00.001-07:002017-08-14T00:22:06.778-07:00Word Count Monday - 14 August 2017This is going to be a shorter post than usual because I should be getting to sleep for the first day of classes tomorrow. But I couldn't because then my brain reminded me that I haven't done this for the week yet and if I didn't I'd just forego sleep altogether.
What am I working on?
Just like last week, I'm not going to be putting a word count. However, this time I've been working on a whole Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-84392692993493312452017-08-05T01:11:00.000-07:002017-08-05T01:29:41.564-07:00Word Count Saturday - 4 August 2017Oops, forgot to take time out to make a post earlier in the week.
What am I working on?
Well, last week I completed my July Camp NaNoWriMo word count.
It was a meager goal, only 15k words for the month, but considering how much I'm just trying to weather through this rather long bout with my depression (according to my calendar it's almost two months now? Sheesh), I'm not complaining. And Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-81697084356183759462017-07-30T22:47:00.000-07:002017-07-30T22:47:57.034-07:00Monthly Showcase - July 2017Only one project I did this month, and that was a poem. Fortunately (or unfortunately), there's lot of backstory behind its creation.
Jade:
Stemming from the idea that we all have this little "green-eyed monster" that lives inside of all of us (maybe more like an inner-demon than something that manifests itself like the Hulk or something Jekyll and Hyde), there was a time when I was in high Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-18202202409395741682017-07-26T22:59:00.001-07:002017-07-26T22:59:26.102-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 26 July 2017Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 14: 2319 words (completed at 3324 words)
Scene: 1458 words
Total word count: 3777 words
What am I working on?
I'm almost done with that sequel in my "terrible trilogy for funsies." Maybe five or six more chapters to go. So I'll be working on that to try to finish it before the new semester hits. I've also been having more moments where I'm just thinking Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-5635254338594000812017-07-19T22:50:00.002-07:002017-07-19T22:50:36.395-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 19 July 2017Things that I worked on last week:
Chapter 13: 3156 words (finished at 4150 words)
Chapter 14: 1005 words
Scene practice: 1480 words
Total for the week: 5641 words
What am I working on?
The usual.
How do I feel about the process?
I have the feeling that the amount of meh I give about everything is proportional to how many words I'll manage to write in a week. While that is a bit worrying, IJodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-41356588476754224582017-07-17T14:55:00.000-07:002017-07-17T14:55:16.520-07:00"Color Her in a Different Style"...that's what Sarah and Shaundee told me to do while coloring last Friday.
Shaundee, being the one with more artistic training, colored Mary Shelley in a more straight-forward style. Sarah, on the other hand, inadvertently emphasized the "shell" in SHELLey by transforming the writer of Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) into a mermaid.
And then there was me.
To be honest, I had no Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-30861950550643707122017-07-12T13:17:00.001-07:002017-07-12T13:17:15.219-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 12 July 2017Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 12: 2418 words (finished at 4226 words)
Short scene thing for fun: 1194 words
Chapter 13: 994 words
Total for last week: 4606 words
What am I working on?
I guess I'm working on a lot of things. Those scene things are coming up more often lately, though I'm trying not to let it detract from my main project right now. Not included in the above word count is Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-79718249389356287052017-07-05T23:59:00.001-07:002017-07-06T00:06:02.355-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 5 July 2017Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 11: 1948 words (finished at 2523 words)
Chapter 12: 1808 words
Jade poem: 139 words
Word count for this week: 3895 words
What am I working on?
Going to continue with that writing-a-novel-for-fun thing. So far, I'm at the point where I'm pretty sure what the end's going to be and how many more chapters it will last. I'm thinking at around chapter 20 or 21Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-59844066067842153972017-07-03T22:39:00.000-07:002017-07-07T00:10:36.274-07:00JadeThe monster's name was Jade,
after the green-hued eyes she possessed.
She spoke like thunder of a summer storm
or like a costal breeze as a sweet caress.
She accepted my blood as payment
to ensure my rage has died.
Accepted, I thought she'd help me–
instead she killed me inside.
I broke free from Jade's steel-cold chains
that bound my feet and hands.
They left marks and scars from where they Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-54639055340595920652017-06-28T12:12:00.000-07:002017-06-28T12:12:01.700-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 28 June 2017Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 11: 575 words
A screenplay (to help me with writing a novel): 452 words
Total for this week: 1027 words
What am I working on?
As you can see, I didn't get to write 3k words in chapter 11. I had to delete most of it because it didn't flow well in the story. The word count if I had kept it would have been around 2.5k more, but I knew that 2.5k would have Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-30587444130024794222017-06-23T01:44:00.000-07:002017-06-23T01:52:12.213-07:00Highlight of my day......told through a series of pictures. (Possible spoiler warning?)
Was writing, couldn't decide on a title for my document. Then this happened.
Coming up with good titles is one of the greatest weaknesses I have in writing. Thankfully, my friend was eager to help.
(And yes, I did fork over about $40+ for the Scrivener writing software. #noregrets)Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-31790760291706778562017-06-21T21:38:00.002-07:002017-06-21T21:38:51.617-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 21 June 2017Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 11: 1675words
A short little scene thing to help me out of writer's block: 1006 words
An experimental exercise to see how I wanted a future project to be written: 274 words
Word count for the week: 2955 words
What am I working on?
Since last week, I'm trying to focus on only one project since I got pretty overwhelmed with trying to plan out and write Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-63217736219493074692017-06-14T23:17:00.000-07:002017-06-14T23:17:38.721-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 14 June 2017At a conference. Too tired. Short word count today. Edit into longer post when not busy and have better wifi.
Word count: 1000ish
Currently: tired and busyJodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-41020249956222726582017-06-08T12:24:00.001-07:002017-06-08T12:24:31.871-07:00Word Count Thursday - 8 June 2017Nooooo, I completely forgot about writing this out yesterday, dang it. Ah well, I'll try not to make that into a habit.
Things I worked on this week:
Chapter 10 from last week: 2655 words (completed at 4709 words)
Total for this week: 2655 words
What am I working on?
I'm hoping to work on chapter 11 and other things but other things got in the way a little, and are going to continue until Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-57705082887236705782017-05-31T22:41:00.002-07:002017-05-31T22:46:21.288-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 31 May 2017Honestly thought it was already June earlier today. But I completely forgot that May was the month with thirty-one days, not June.
Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 10 of something: 1641 words
Some short narrative I'm currently titling "Third Time's the Charm:" 622 words
Word count for this week: 2263 words
I also am doing a lot of pre-writing stuff (for the first time ever) on a new Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-27212911055106677502017-05-24T18:49:00.002-07:002017-05-24T18:56:44.506-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 24 May 2017Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 9 of that story's sequel: 4279 words
Chapter 10 of that same story's sequel: 413 words
"As the Winds Blow" prologue: 255 words
Total word count for the week: 4947 words
What am I working on?
Same things as above. I'll also try my hand at try to get back into continuing The Blighted Earth. The muse isn't there at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it'll Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-23734311916053651492017-05-17T23:57:00.001-07:002017-05-17T23:57:18.715-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 17 May 2017Just because the semester is officially over for me, doesn't mean that I'm going to stop writing. These posts are helping me to stay accountable, so I guess this is now a part of my weekly routine from now on.
Things I worked on last week:
Nothing. Unless you want to count all the physics formulas that I wrote down to study for my finals.
What am I working on?
Now that my summer has begun, Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-84549109435530783692017-05-12T23:36:00.003-07:002017-05-12T23:36:37.208-07:00Character Outline Development Thing - Mr. MortimerA character I'm thinking of being the central one in the weird idea for another novel I want to try my hand on working on. I'm likely not going to use a lot of this information, or I'm going to end up changing a lot of the minor details of his backstory as I actually get into writing the plot.
(I'm posting this here to prevent losing it for my portfolio later)
Full name: Preston William Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-51497016518454827662017-05-11T11:25:00.002-07:002017-05-11T11:26:27.761-07:00My Brain is WeirdIt's already a given fact in my family that I have a rather... peculiar imagination. "Active" for people outside of my family. "Over-active" if one were to look into it too closely.
There's nothing physiologically wrong with my brain, according to my neurologist. I get these strange migraines where my five senses get messed around with like smelling scents that aren't there or my tongue going Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-73502731603858070882017-05-10T16:25:00.000-07:002017-05-12T22:43:05.341-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 10 May 2017Things I worked on last week:
Chapter 9 of that project: 1253 words (currently at 1491)
It's slow going, but at least it wasn't as bad as last week.
What am I working on?
Considering that it's finals week, probably not a lot. Or, if it looks like my grade for physics is going to hold up, then probably a whole bunch. If the latter ends up being the case, then I'm going to try to work on Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-44637104346438718012017-05-03T15:31:00.000-07:002017-05-03T16:21:13.255-07:00Monthly Showcase - April 2017Totally forgot this was a thing on my blog. Whoops. Better late than never, right?
While the month of April has been a time where I've written the most in a short amount of time, there hasn't been a great number of actual posts I've made on this blog. Most of it were projects for either myself or for the children at church. But still, there was a good number of things I worked on in April.
TheJodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-20665232358755147452017-05-03T15:05:00.000-07:002017-05-03T15:05:09.802-07:00Word Count Wednesday - 3 May 2017Things I worked on last week:
A part of chapter 9 for that one project I had: 238 words
Yup, that's it. Kinda disappointed in myself since I was just able to write thousands and thousands of words in just one week not too long ago.
What am I working on?
Hopefully, I'll find the motivation to try to write out anything. If that happens, likely continue working on chapter 9, and then The Jodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9145965798414925233.post-11374361637212135552017-05-01T19:32:00.001-07:002017-05-01T19:32:18.845-07:00Ranting About My Current HatredRight now, it feels like writing is just this on-again-off-again thing. In the month of April, I saw this huge swing of inspiration coming my way, the words came so easily and the ideas wouldn't cease. I wrote all them down so I wouldn't forget them later and put them into either my current projects or future ones. I guess it was the closest thing I've ever experienced to what people like to callJodee Ann Conuihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06715548805055012837noreply@blogger.com1